Petrochemical Manufacturing
Manufacture of basic petrochemicals by steam cracking and downstream separation: the olefins ethylene and propylene, and the BTX aromatics benzene, toluene and xylenes. One plant, one co-product slate, one emission stream.
Also known as: Steam Cracking
Hierarchy
Section titled “Hierarchy”Broader: Chemical Manufacturing
Details
Section titled “Details”| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| produces | Propylene (Products Taxonomy) |
| produces | Benzene (Products Taxonomy) |
| produces | Toluene (Products Taxonomy) |
| produces | Xylene (Products Taxonomy) |
| has emission source | Petrochemical Steam Cracking (Emission Sources Taxonomy) |
| narrowMatch | Petrochemical Manufacturing (NAICS 2017) |
| narrowMatch | Petrochemical Manufacturing (NAICS 2017) |
Technical details
- IRI:
https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/FND/Sectors/PetrochemicalManufacturing - Kind: Taxonomy Concept
- command token: petrochemicals
- command token: cracker
- command token: steam-cracking
- command token: olefins